Continuous Line Drawing Exercise

What is the Continuous Line Drawing Exercise, and When to Use it.

• The Continuous Line Drawing Exercise is a perfect exercise to use with all ages of children, from 5 years and upwards.
• This exercise helps children slow down their looking and then helps them coordinate drawing with seeing. It develops observational drawing skills, and also helps children settle and focus.
• It can take as little as 5 to 10 minutes.
• The drawings will have a particular “look” – each a record of how much the child has seen.
• Use it before another art project as a “transition” exercise, or use it on a regular basis to improve drawing skills.

You Will Need:

• Sheet of paper for each child.
• A handwriting pen or sharp pencil.
• An object to draw near each child, such as a shell, feather, leaf etc.

Summary of the Exercise:

• Invite the children to stay quiet and concentrate.
• Ask them to looks slowly at the object, letting their eye travel along it’s surfaces.
• As they look, invite them to move their pencil or pen at the same speed, making a drawing in one continuous line.
• Ask the children to keep looking/drawing until you say time is up.